Ikiru

Ikiru

生きる
★ 8.3 🇯🇵 Movie 1952 143 min
Drama

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.

▶ Watch trailer

Where to watch (US)

HBO Max Amazon ChannelStream Criterion ChannelStream HBO MaxStream KanopyFree Amazon VideoRent Apple TV StoreRent Google Play MoviesRent YouTubeRent Fandango At HomeRent Amazon VideoBuy Apple TV StoreBuy Google Play MoviesBuy YouTubeBuy Fandango At HomeBuy

Availability via JustWatch/TMDB. Links open the official platform.

Cast

Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe
Haruo Tanaka
Sakai
Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara
Miki Odagiri
Toyo
Shinichi Himori
Kimura
Minoru Chiaki
Noguchi
Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief Ono
Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
Nobuo Nakamura
Deputy Mayor
Atsushi Watanabe
Patient
Isao Kimura
Intern
Masao Shimizu
Doctor

Related

DRAMA ★ 8.2 Underground View details

Underground

🌏 2026
DRAMA ★ 8.5 Candy Candy View details

Candy Candy

🇯🇵 1976
DRAMA ★ 6.0 Mars View details

Mars

🇹🇼 2004
DRAMA ★ 6.4 Menekse and Halil View details

Menekse and Halil

🌏 2007
DRAMA ★ 8.2 Ouran High School Host Club View details

Ouran High School Host Club

🇯🇵 2006
DRAMA ★ 7.7 Player View details

Player

🇰🇷 2018
DRAMA ★ 8.1 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils View details

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils

🇨🇳 2021
DRAMA ★ 8.8 Like There’s No Tomorrow View details

Like There’s No Tomorrow

🌏 2024
DRAMA ★ 7.5 Time Goes By View details

Time Goes By

🌏 2010
DRAMA ★ 8.2 The Bear View details

The Bear

🇺🇸 2022
DRAMA ★ 7.8 The Trading Floor View details

The Trading Floor

🇭🇰 2018
DRAMA ★ 8.5 Beyond Evil View details

Beyond Evil

🇰🇷 2021

You may also like

DRAMA ★ 7.8 Blue Dragon View details

Blue Dragon

🇯🇵 2007
DRAMA ★ 8.1 Ascendance of a Bookworm View details

Ascendance of a Bookworm

🇯🇵 2019
MOVIE ★ 7.8 Perfect Days View details

Perfect Days

🇯🇵 2023
DRAMA ★ 8.2 Cold Case: Door of Truth View details

Cold Case: Door of Truth

🇯🇵 2016
DRAMA ★ 7.7 Doraemon View details

Doraemon

🇯🇵 1979
DRAMA ★ 8.4 Record of Ragnarok View details

Record of Ragnarok

🇯🇵 2021
DRAMA ★ 7.4 Uglymug, Epicfighter View details

Uglymug, Epicfighter

🇯🇵 2025
DRAMA ★ 8.1 Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! View details

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!

🇯🇵 2012
DRAMA ★ 8.0 Gag Manga Biyori View details

Gag Manga Biyori

🇯🇵 2005
DRAMA ★ 7.7 Log Horizon View details

Log Horizon

🇯🇵 2013
DRAMA ★ 6.8 Urusei Yatsura View details

Urusei Yatsura

🇯🇵 2022
DRAMA ★ 7.1 Casshern Sins View details

Casshern Sins

🇯🇵 2008

TMDB This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.